Nombe | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Macropodidae |
Genus: | †Nombe Kerr & Prideaux, 2022 |
Species: | †N. nombe |
Binomial name | |
†Nombe nombe (Flannery et al, 1983) |
Nombe is an extinct genus ofmacropodid containing a single species,Nombe nombe. which was formerly classified as a member of the genusProtemnodon.[1] It was native toNew Guinea during theLate Pleistocene. It was relatively large in body size and is thought to have been abrowser. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that it is a basal member of the subfamilyMacropodinae.[2]